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Playing with Madness
Title
Playing with Madness [electronic resource (video)] / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c1998.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 13, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
In this classic program, Horizon discovers a surprising side effect of mental illness. Many manic-depressives are creative, and medical science has concluded that mental disorders and creativity may indeed be related. In fact, the relationship between the two has been known for many years. For example, the great artist Vincent van Gogh was a highly creative individual who suffered from a serious mental disorder. Experts believe that because manic depression involves periods of elevated mood, this could encourage creative endeavors. But the questions remain: Does this creativity exist in spite of the illness or because of it? And could it be that the illness becomes necessary to the creative achievements of these individuals?
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Horizon (Television program)
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Expressions of Mental Illness (2:28)
Manic Depressive Disorder (4:40)
An Iron Clue for Mental Illness? (3:19)
Tracing Manic Depressive Genes (3:05)
An Unusual Hypomanic State (3:01)
Is Mental Illness Necessary? (4:40)
Preserving a Percentage of Hypomania (2:46)
Do Highly Creative People Suffer More From Disorders? (2:11)
Beauty and Depression (3:34)
Lithium Balances the Extremes? (2:52)
Lithium, a Benign Tyranny? (2:31)
A Positive Level of Self-Delusion (2:38)
Churchill's "Black Dog" (2:53)
Maintaining a Positive Mood State (1:52)
A Blues Man Can Turn Depression Into Elation (3:42)
Man and Mania (2:04)
Credits: Playing with Madness (0:35)
Videorecording number
48774 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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